1. Who is being interviewed? Mrs. Roe Remington
2. What is his/her title or position? housewife
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? white, female, middle-aged
4. Where is the interview taking place? Charleston, SC
5. What is the date of the interview? March 7th, 1939
6. Who is the interviewer? Muriel A. Man
The story is of Mrs. Roe Remington who goes by the name of Mrs. Hardy. She lives and works at home as a housewife and only lives with her husband because all of her children have grown up and gone away to college. She has a hard financial life so she decided to take up life as a teacher. That didn't pay well enough, though,s o she decided to make her very empty home into a bed and breakfast. The only thing, she said, that went wrong, was that a neighbor resented her competition so they hired a little black boy to start outside of Mrs. Remington's house and direct them away. The cops eventually took care of it, though. After that, even though both Mrs. Hardy and her husband were extremely intelligent, they had to work their jobs as bed and breakfast hosts so that they could continue to make a living.
By April:
1. Who is being interviewed? Sherman Dolman
2. What is his/her title or position? Hes been a Black Smith for 40 years & was living during the Great Depression.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? Male at the age of 75.
4. Where is the interview taking place? 2438 W. Lincoln
5. What is the date of the interview? October 17, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? George Hartman
I choose to do research on Sherman Dolman. He was born in German and moved to the Nebraska when he was six. He was 75 at the year of the interview. When he first moved to Nebraska it was very farm like but after years it became more devolped. When the great depression came he had to live on sorgum and corn meal. Before the depression he would kill the chicken, sence there was so many, and eat that. He says the depression was at its worst in the late 70's.
By Megan:
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I chose to research Lorena Hickok. She was hired by Hopkins to travel throughout the country as his confidential invesetigator to report on what the depression meant to the American people and how his relief programs were working. Her letters show the devastating social impact of the economic collapse and how difficult it was to implement relief programs in ways that assured assistance would actually reach those most in need. Lorena Hickok was a white female. She was born in 1893 and died in 1968. I think Lorena Hickok is a person who made a difference, with out her people would not know of the relief programs that Hopkins made and how they were working.
By Eric:
George is a man whose wife died 3 years prior to this interview. He had a bachelor son, and a bull dog. Since the day his wife died, he has not hired a female worker. He was a Mason, yet he his trade was a carpenter. He talks about how hard times were like how men worked for $.50 or less in one day. Money back then was scarce and they had no modern farm equipment to facilitate their job. He went on to explain that his mom made all his overcoats. Times weren't as easy the last depression according to George. After reading this interview, I realize that these were some of the worst years in American history.
American Memory Day One
By Kira:
1. Who is being interviewed? Mrs. Roe Remington2. What is his/her title or position? housewife
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? white, female, middle-aged
4. Where is the interview taking place? Charleston, SC
5. What is the date of the interview? March 7th, 1939
6. Who is the interviewer? Muriel A. Man
The story is of Mrs. Roe Remington who goes by the name of Mrs. Hardy. She lives and works at home as a housewife and only lives with her husband because all of her children have grown up and gone away to college. She has a hard financial life so she decided to take up life as a teacher. That didn't pay well enough, though,s o she decided to make her very empty home into a bed and breakfast. The only thing, she said, that went wrong, was that a neighbor resented her competition so they hired a little black boy to start outside of Mrs. Remington's house and direct them away. The cops eventually took care of it, though. After that, even though both Mrs. Hardy and her husband were extremely intelligent, they had to work their jobs as bed and breakfast hosts so that they could continue to make a living.
By April:
1. Who is being interviewed? Sherman Dolman
2. What is his/her title or position? Hes been a Black Smith for 40 years & was living during the Great Depression.
3. What is his/her race? Gender? Age? Male at the age of 75.
4. Where is the interview taking place? 2438 W. Lincoln
5. What is the date of the interview? October 17, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? George Hartman
I choose to do research on Sherman Dolman. He was born in German and moved to the Nebraska when he was six. He was 75 at the year of the interview. When he first moved to Nebraska it was very farm like but after years it became more devolped. When the great depression came he had to live on sorgum and corn meal. Before the depression he would kill the chicken, sence there was so many, and eat that. He says the depression was at its worst in the late 70's.
By Megan:
I chose to research Lorena Hickok. She was hired by Hopkins to travel throughout the country as his confidential invesetigator to report on what the depression meant to the American people and how his relief programs were working. Her letters show the devastating social impact of the economic collapse and how difficult it was to implement relief programs in ways that assured assistance would actually reach those most in need. Lorena Hickok was a white female. She was born in 1893 and died in 1968. I think Lorena Hickok is a person who made a difference, with out her people would not know of the relief programs that Hopkins made and how they were working.
By Eric:
George is a man whose wife died 3 years prior to this interview. He had a bachelor son, and a bull dog. Since the day his wife died, he has not hired a female worker. He was a Mason, yet he his trade was a carpenter. He talks about how hard times were like how men worked for $.50 or less in one day. Money back then was scarce and they had no modern farm equipment to facilitate their job. He went on to explain that his mom made all his overcoats. Times weren't as easy the last depression according to George. After reading this interview, I realize that these were some of the worst years in American history.